Glossy-bellied Racer
Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834)
Also calledBenekli Yılan (tur) · Gefleckte Zornnatter (deu) · Plettet Pilsnog (dan) · štíhlovka skvrnitá (ces) · Пятнистобрюхий полоз (rus) · ثعبان الجرذان هاردويك (ara) · حنش أبقع البطن (ara) · حية الجرذان (ara) · عداء لامع البطن (ara) · مار دستی (fas)
First described in: Gray. J. E. Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke.
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Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray 1834)
Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834) Observed. Tarout Island – Al Jmaan Farm, 22 August 2024. Tarout Island – Al Tauos Farm, 15 November 2024. Remarks. The distribution of Hardwicke’s Rat Snake is confined to eastern Arabia, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman (Gasperetti 1988). This species is common in the Eastern Province, with several records from Al Jubail to Al Hassa (Haas 1957, 1961; Gasperetti 1988; Martens 1996; Al-Sadoon 2010; Aloufi et al. 2023). In the islands of the Arabian Gulf, this species was reported from Sir Bani Yas Island in the UAE (Soorae 2004; Bourquin 2011).
Reptiles and amphibians of the Saudi islands in the Arabian Gulf
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